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Prince of Darkness is a criminally underrated films but when it comes to Carpenter, especially in that era, I'm partial to At The Mouth of Madness.

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John Carpenter has a body of work like few others do in Hollywood. I didn't realize "Big Trouble in Little China" was one of his. Kurt Russell seems to be his go-to guy.

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Yeah, and they did absolutely phenomenal work together. Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, especially The Thing - I remember coming into the living room while my dad was watching that and being traumatized (it was the head-crab scene, I remember it vividly), but now it's probably one of my favorite movies. The only reason I like At The Mouth of Madness more is because I'm an easy-mark for Lovecraftian horror and weird, reality-bending movies like that.

I read an interview with him not long ago and they tried to get him to talk about why he didn't make movies anymore and he said that he'd rather just smoke weed and watch basketball. Not what I'd do, personally, but I kind of respect the fact he made what he wanted to make and now that it's behind him he's content to just chill instead of pump out subpar movies for no other reason than to collect a paycheck.

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I've never watched "The Thing" and never will. I don't do well with body horror films. I saw very brief clips of it and I had to look away.

Directing is hard work and energy intensive. If your heart's not into it, the final product won't be anything worth writing home about. It's good to see a guy who knows when it's time to hang it up.

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